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Yesterday I was feeling lucky and bought an entry for £2.50. You've got to be in it to win right?
I won £2.40 so not unlucky, but not really lucky either.
What I did notice though was the UK seem to win between 20% and 35% of each prize. I checked a few weeks and this seems to be consistent.
The population of the UK is 66m, whilst for the whole of the EU it is 508m - 13% - I know this is the whole population, not just those eligible to play, but this is rough statistics.
So this means either UK players are luckier than the EU as a whole, or a much higher proportion of players are from the UK, the rest of Europe (perhaps wisely) recognising they are not going to be that lucky.
I suspect it is the latter, I don't believe luck favours the few - but you do have to be in it to win it.
I don't know much about the Euromillions lottery, I know we pay more in the UK than the EU, but there is also the UK millionaire element which might redress that balance.
I also don't know how the profits are distributed to charity - in proportion to what each country has spent in buying tickets perhaps?
Not sure where to take these observations, but if anyone has info that would refine the numbers it could be interesting to see how much of a gambling nation the UK really is. Perhaps a gambling ethos is what has pushed us towards brexit?
I won £2.40 so not unlucky, but not really lucky either.
What I did notice though was the UK seem to win between 20% and 35% of each prize. I checked a few weeks and this seems to be consistent.
The population of the UK is 66m, whilst for the whole of the EU it is 508m - 13% - I know this is the whole population, not just those eligible to play, but this is rough statistics.
So this means either UK players are luckier than the EU as a whole, or a much higher proportion of players are from the UK, the rest of Europe (perhaps wisely) recognising they are not going to be that lucky.
I suspect it is the latter, I don't believe luck favours the few - but you do have to be in it to win it.
I don't know much about the Euromillions lottery, I know we pay more in the UK than the EU, but there is also the UK millionaire element which might redress that balance.
I also don't know how the profits are distributed to charity - in proportion to what each country has spent in buying tickets perhaps?
Not sure where to take these observations, but if anyone has info that would refine the numbers it could be interesting to see how much of a gambling nation the UK really is. Perhaps a gambling ethos is what has pushed us towards brexit?